milk - WOW!!!
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Topic: milk - WOW!!!
Posted By: Bizzy
Subject: milk - WOW!!!
Date Posted: 08 June 2007 at 3:34pm
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Hubby told me last week it was going up...but 15c a litre...
that meant the 2 litre milk i normally buy has gone up 30cents. i was really shocked. 
i cant believe too that a 2 litre ranges in prices from $2.80 to $4.20 and all in the same dairy.  ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker"> 
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Posted By: nuttymama
Date Posted: 08 June 2007 at 3:41pm
Your kidding me!! . Wow we go through around 16 litres a week so that's a rise of 2-40 almost another two litres at the the cheap price.
They want us to feed our kids healthy food and drinks but yet you can buy a 1.25 litre of fizzy for .85c and the cheapest milk we can get here is $2-45 for a 2 litre. What's next bread? P.S I love your monkey icon ------------- Abigail 06/01/2005 Jayden 21/11/2001 Micheal 03/04/1997 |
Posted By: Lissy
Date Posted: 08 June 2007 at 3:54pm
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I reckon the government needs to put a subsidy onto milk. Totally agree with nuttymama. What will be next. They want our kids to stop getting "fat", so do something about it!!! ------------- Harlan Drew DOB: 06.12.06 & Stepmum to Ethan & Christian, DOB: 25.02.99 |
Posted By: Bubbaloo
Date Posted: 08 June 2007 at 4:50pm
I agree with you guys if their going to keep putting up the prices of lifes necessities then put up wages so we can actually afford to live without being in debt which the government also seems to have a problem with. ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">  Was danni-chick Mum to James My Angel 28/07/08 |
Posted By: sunnyhoney
Date Posted: 08 June 2007 at 4:53pm
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hmm, and not to mention taking extra off us for Kiwisaver. ------------- Mum to: Joy Emily 1.05am 27/09/07 7lb 3oz Austin Paul 12.47pm 18/04/10 10lb 8oz |
Posted By: hailstones
Date Posted: 08 June 2007 at 5:43pm
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Its such a shame that we can buy fizz for cheaper than milk - considering how much we export and how much money goes into fonterras pockets!
My DH was a dairy farmer, I used to love going to the vat and getting fresh - full cream milk (so good in coffees), best of all it was free, hard when we left farm, as we had to start buying it. Dani - I agree with you! Its something I have been saying for a while now, with prices of EVERY blimmin thing going up we should be given wage rises, how is anyone supposed to get ahead???? ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: sunnyhoney
Date Posted: 08 June 2007 at 7:19pm
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I totally agree. Sometimes it feels like you're fighting a losing battle. ------------- Mum to: Joy Emily 1.05am 27/09/07 7lb 3oz Austin Paul 12.47pm 18/04/10 10lb 8oz |
Posted By: Bizzy
Date Posted: 08 June 2007 at 7:26pm
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yeah but the reason the price of milk has gone up is cause they have given the farmers a pay rise...but instead of fonterra paying it we are.
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Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 08 June 2007 at 7:29pm
Ugh, I don't even pay attention to how much the milk is. That sucks! They should tax the smokers more to subsidise my milk  -------------  Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 08 June 2007 at 8:13pm
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They *did* put up the minimum wage, and Family Assistance. ------------- |
Posted By: yummymummy
Date Posted: 08 June 2007 at 8:21pm
We get our milk from the local fruit & vege shop - 2x 2L for $4.50 - that's $1.13 per litre. It's a non-famous brand (even I cant remember it  ) - I wonder is it all milk thats going up or just some brands?------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Bizzy
Date Posted: 08 June 2007 at 8:25pm
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think its prob all - we get cow and gate normally and it used to be $2.50 for 2 litres ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker">
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 08 June 2007 at 8:28pm
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Just to clear up a couple of things re: Fonterra - it is a co-operative company, meaning that the shareholders are the owners, ie: the farmers that work and produce milk for the company. While it is true that exchange rates and earnings from exports influence share prices, this in effect means that the farmers are paying themselves more for the work they are doing. Once you take into account all the costs involved in setting up and maintaining a dairy farm it is a bloody expensive business, and unless it is a family business or the farmer has been in dairying for a few years, some barely manage to break even let alone get a decent profit. And just one last bit of food for thought - if the dairy industry were to shut down (whether it be in one day or one week or whatever) a *quarter* of NZ's GDP would disappear altogether. Not good !
I do agree though that milk is bloody expensive, even though we don't go through as much as some - anywhere from 6-9L a week. |
Posted By: Glow
Date Posted: 08 June 2007 at 9:00pm
Is it just the Anchor/Fonterra milk going up?
So what do you think to the "Bid to ban smoking in NZ"  ------------- Mummy of Two Boys B: 2004 K: 2007 |
Maya wrote:Posted By: hailstones
Date Posted: 08 June 2007 at 9:04pm
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Jax - I totally agree with your comments, dairy is a HUGE industry and a very difficult one at that! And I shouldn't have opened my big trap and blammed Fonterra straight away, I guess I am making reference more to the 'rich get richer......', and how its harder for the little man to get in front now, with all the added expenses these days. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 08 June 2007 at 10:26pm
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I agree with that too Hails, and who would have thought that I would be so willing to speak up for a company that made me redundant while I was on maternity leave?
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Posted By: Chovynz
Date Posted: 08 June 2007 at 10:38pm
... Air. ------------- Defending the male species since 1980
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Posted By: nuttymama
Date Posted: 09 June 2007 at 8:11am
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LOL I'm sure if they could they would!!! ------------- Abigail 06/01/2005 Jayden 21/11/2001 Micheal 03/04/1997 |
Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 09 June 2007 at 3:13pm
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Ah, another reason to extend breastfeeding. I'll be feeding my next child until they are 20... breastmilk in your tea anyone???
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